Joe

Lovely photos and awesome stocking choices! I love the diversity in this tank

From my personal experience Eheims are amazing. That's all I run on my tanks now. They are definitely worth the extra cost, and also keep in mind that the filtration media that they come with is of high quality compared to that of a lot of other filters.

Stunning !drool: Isn't it about time you put some Sundadanios in there? :bounce:

I'm doing a speech on sasquatch in my English class.

Just got mine. Awesome work as usual Caryl

Awwww cute wee shrimpies :love: Love the snails too :thup: The tank is looking incredible, excellent work

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:sick: :tears: I wish more people would care about the environment and think about their actions :an!gry

Oooooh I love the copperband! !drool:

Awesome work :thup:

Nah hijacking is fine. If you can resolve your issue with your camera then that would be great :thup:

Thanks so much

Thanks Are you refering to the USB cable? It should come with the camera. Otherwise maybe go to a camera specialist shop (I'm sure they have something like that in Nelson) or Harvey Norman or something and see if they have/can order the USB cable for you :thup: Thank you

Those minnows look so cool! !drool:

Just out of interest, where did you get this tank made? I got my tanks custom made from Petworld and they are nice quality, so Petworld might be a good choice when you are ready to get your next tank made Good luck!

Absolutely love the zoas/palys in the second photo and the acans in the third photo !drool: Stunning aquarium. Thanks so much for sharing

They get air in the siphone very easily, which caused it to break and the tank to overflow. To maintain the siphone you need one of those aqualifter pumps. The pet shop here used to have one of those overflows with an aqualifter on the old display tank and the noise was unbearable :sick:

I might be able to answer a few of your questions, even though I'm no marine expert. I read a lot of reef keeping forums such as Reef Central and Nano-Reef.com. Take everything I say with a pinch of salt though as I have had no experience with caring for a reef aquarium I fail to understand why most people have it in their heads that if you want a sump you have to drill the tank :dunno: IMO if your tank isn't already drilled then it isn't worth the hassle to do so You can buy (or DIY) an overflow box like this :thup: These are the nasty ones that you want to avoid though. I have read that canister filters can be a bit of a hassle when it comes to cleaning time. If you spill any water when you are cleaning it, remember it has salt in it From what I've read on other forums, most people who have replaced their canister filters with sumps seem pretty happy. Also the advantage of having a sump is that the water in the display tank needs to reach a certain level before it flows into the overflow box/chamber. This means that you will always have a constant water level in the display tank, and the water level in the sump will fluctuate. You will need to use some sort of auto top off device to combat evaporation, and it is much nicer if you can hide this in the sump as opposed to having it visible in your display tank. Sumps also allow you to fit a lot more equipment into your system and provide higher water quality from what I've read. It depends on what corals you want. A 4x24w T5HO unit should be sufficient for most soft corals and large polyp stony corals, and some types of small polyp stonies. IMO LEDs aren't yet advanced enough to provide a complete lighting solution. Although there is not doubt that LEDs do an awesome job at growing corals, I have read that a lot of people who have purchased LEDs have switched back to halides and T5s because the latter provide a broader spectral output and are more aesthetically pleasing to view corals under. LEDs are still great for supplementary lighting and moonlights though Perculas and ocellaris will be fine. A lot of the other species of clowns can get quite big and aggressive from what I've read. Here's some suggestions fish that should be happy in a 130L tank with clowns. Amblyeleotris wheeleri Centropyge bispinosus Chromis retrofasciata Chrysiptera parasema Cryptocentrus cinctus Elacatinus oceanops Gobiodon citrinus Gobiodon okinawae Nemateleotris decora Nemateleotris magnifica Opistognathus rosenblatti Stonogobiops nematodes Synchiropus ocellatus Synchiropus picturatus Synchiropus splendidus Pseudochromis fridmani Pterapogon kauderni I hope I could be of some help to you. I am looking forward to seeing this tank up and running :bounce:

Green Fire Tetra - Aphyocharax rathbuni

I've seen them for sale at Organism before :thup: As far as I know they've come into the country quite a few times.

Excellent photos I love the Danio tinwini and the threadfins !drool:

I finally got around to cleaning the tanks. I cleaned the 140L last weekend, and today I cleaned out the 85L tank that has the lone male Apistogramma cacatuoides in it. I also cleaned the blackworm tank too. Interestingly, it appears that I actually have two pairs of Licorice Gouramis, not two males and a female. One of the females that was covered in whitespot and wasn't moving must have survived and hidden away for a while. Sadly the other day I lost a female trifasciata for unknown reasons. At least I still have a healthy pair remaining Once I've sold the Apistogramma cacatuoides I will them move all of the other fish, except for the trifasciata, into that tank. The reason I'm not putting them in the other 85L tank is because I haven't used it in ages and I really can't be bothered cycling the filter. So anyway, then the trifasciata will have a chance to breed in the 140L tank so hopefully I will be able to rear some fry I have removed all of the gravel and I put some black shade cloth underneath the 140L tank. It now just has the piece of bogwood in it and some oak leaves and some Indian Fern floating on the water.

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